Lamp-chimney holder and adjuster



Q; E.-COX. LAMP CHIMNEY HOLDER AND ADJUSTER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE25, 1920- Patented Dec. 14, 1920.

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UNITED STATES ORA E. COX, OF HOLLADAY, TENNESSEE.

LAMP-CHIMNEY HOLDER AND ADJUSTER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec. 14, 1920.

' Application filed June 25, 1920. 7 Serial No. 391,679.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ORA E. Cox, a citizen of the United States, residing at Holladay, in the county of Benton and $tate of Tennessee, have invented new and useful Improvements in Lamp-Chimney Holders and Adjusters, of which the following is a specification.

One object of my present invention is the provision of a simple, durable and easily operated holder through the medlum of which a lamp chimney may be conveniently raised to facilitate lighting of the lamp.

Another object of the invention is the provision of means whereby when the holder and chimney are slightly raised the lamp may be conveniently filled.

Another object is the provision of means to positively lock the chimney to the holders.

Other objects and practical advantages of the invention will be fully understood from the foregoing description and claims when the same are read in connection with the drawings, accompanying and forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is an elevation'showing my improvement complete with the chimney holder and chimney in normal position.-

Fig. 2 is a similar view with the holder and chimney raised.

, Figs. 3 and 4 are vertical diametrical sections of the improvement, said sections being at right angles to each other. 1

Figs. 5, 6, 7 and 8 are detail views hereinafter explicitly referred to.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings.

Among other elements my novel device comprises a burner body 1. It also comprises holders 3 for the glass chimney 4; the said holders 3 being of stiff resilient wire. Fixed to and rising from the body 1 are upright guide members 5 on which is vertically movable a chimney supporting platform 6; the said platform 6 being of general annular formation as illustrated, and being apertured for the reception of the upright guides 5, and provided with openings 2 for the passage of air necessary to support combustion.

In order to raise the platform 6 and the chimney 4 superimposed thereon I provide the members 7 These members '7' are preferably of stiff and strong wire, shaped as best shownin Fig. 8 and fastened to the platform 6. The said members 7 are adapted to swing slightly incident to the raising of the chimney 4.

I prefer to form the holders 3 integral with the band 3 which is fixed to the underside of the platform 6, and I also prefer to pivot the members 7 on said band at the points 7*.

Pivotally connected to the members 7 and extending through openings 7 in the body 1 are arms 8 and 8 having intermediate offsets 8 best shown in Figs. 5 and 6. These arms 8 and 8 are preferably shaped as shown, and to facilitate the association of the same are slotted as indicated by 9. iuxtending through the slot 9 of each of the arms 8 and 8 is a rod member 10 that is capable of moving upwardly and downwardly in a straight path. The said member 10 is held against movement in all other directions. This will be better understood when it is stated that the rod 10 is movable in vertical slotsin a fixed guide 20, Fig. 7, that is attached to the wick tube,

hereinafter described. One arm 8, Fig. 6,

is supported by a rod 1O in the body 1,

' and the other arm 8*, Fig. 5, is fixedon a rock shaft 8, journaled in the body 1, said rock shaft 8 having at one end and outside of the body 1 a crank or handle 12.

At 13 is a conduit on the body for filling of the lamp with oil without the necessity v of removing the holder from the lamp.

The said conduit 13 is normally closed b I a cap 14, and when it is desired to replenis the supply of oil in the lamp it is simply necessary to raise the platform 6and the chimney thereon to a slight extent, and then remove the cap' 14, and then after the oil is poured through the conduit 13 the cap 14 is replaced and the platform 6 and chimney 4 are lowered to the normal working position.

As will be readily appreciated from the drawings the body 1 is provided with a wick tube 15 and with the usual means for raising and lowering the Wick.

At 21 I provide a spring catch 011 the body 1 to fasten the crank 12 when the chimney 4 is raised, Fig. 2, and at 22 on the platform 6 I provide a similar catch to fasten the lever when the chimney is in its normal working position, Fig. 1. V

For the positive connection of the chimneyl to the holders 3 so that there will be no liability of the chimney being casually displaced after it is once engaged with the holders 3, I provide the chimneywith exterior integral lugs P. g eled edges andseats as shown. (/onsequently when the chimney is turned about its axis to enable the holders 3 to ride against the beveled edges and spring into the seats of the said lugs 4 the chimney will be securely locked to the holders.

All of the elements of my improved mechanism are by reference relatively arranged in the manner illustrated, and I therefore deem it unnecessary to enter into a detailed description of the said relative arrange ment. I would have it understood, however, that the spring catches referred to are for the purpose of cooperating with the operating crank '12 to perform the functions set forth.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that my novel construction is reliable in operation and at'the same time is notcumbersome or unduly complicated. It will also be noted that all of the parts are sufficiently strong to withstand the usage to which lamp mechanism is ordinarily subjected.

In the practical operation of my improvement it will be readily understood that following the raising of the platform 6 and the chimney 4 thereon by downward movement of the crank 12, the lamp may be convenient'ly lighted or the supply of the oil in the lamp may be quickly and easily replenished, and after either of these operations is completed the platform and the chimney thereon may be as readily restored to normal position.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, 1s r I. In a lamp chimney holder and adjuster, the combination of a burner body, an annular vertically movable platform surrounding the upper portion of said body, chimney These lu s have bev holders connected with and extending upwardly from said platform, upright guides carried by the body and extending through apertures in the platform, connected arms or levers mounted in the body, means conor levers mounted in the body, means connecting the outer portionsof said arms or levers and the platform, a handle arranged exteriorly of the body and connected with one of the arms or levers to manipulate the same, a catch on the body to fasten said handle when the platform is raised, and a catch on the platform to fasten the handle when the platform is lowered.

3. In a lamp chimney holder and adjuster, the combination of a body, a wick tube therein, an upright guide fixed to the wick tube, an annular vertically movable platform surrounding the upper portion of the body, upstanding chimney holders on the platform, members pivoted to and pendent 2 from the platform, a rod movable vertically in the said guide, arms or levers pivotally mounted in the body and having slots receiving said rods; said arms or levers pivotally connected at theirouter ends to said pendent members, a handle connected to one of the arms or levers to rock the same and arranged exteriorly of the body, and catches on the body and the platform complementary to said handle.

In testimony whereof I aflix my si nature.

ORA E. ox. 

